MONTHLY MEETING
Past Topics
Past dinner meeting topics and recent announcements (PDF) are below.
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| TOPIC | SPEAKER | COMPANY | DATE (mm/dd/yy) |
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Advancing your Career Today: Social Media & Online Identity Management |
Ross Macpherson | Career Quest | 05/25/10 |
| Steven Woodward | Woodwards Systems Inc. | 04/27/10 | |
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Factory School Testing Revisited / Redacted / Re-energized aka (Kickin' it "Old School"!) |
Jeff Somerville | Royal Bank of Canada | 01/26/10 |
| Overcoming Requirements-Based Testing's Hidden Pitfalls | Robin F. Goldsmith | Go Pro Management Inc. | 09/29/09 |
| The Changing Roles for QA, QC and Other IT Professionals | Thomas Ticknor, CSQA, CSTE | QAI Global Institute | 06/30/09 |
| A New look at an old friend - the Test Plan | Raif Murray | Navantis Inc. | 05/26/09 |
| Never Test Alone: the Route to Success | Debra Forsyth | ObjectSharp | 04/28/09 |
| Why Tests Don't Pass | Doug Hoffman | 03/31/09 | |
| How the government Scientific Research & Experimental Development program can bring bottom-line benefits to your I/T organization | Jason Schwandt | Techcentive Services Inc. | 02/24/09 |
| "I am a Bug" - Important lessons for testers and software engineers | Rob Sabourin | AmiBug.com Inc | 01/27/09 |
| Offshore Experience – The Real World | Steve MacPherson | RBCDexia-IS | 11/25/08 |
| Testing in Today’s Enterprise – What is Expected? | Jamie Campbell | Accenture | 10/28/08 |
| Top 10 IT Challenges for the 21st Century | Thomas C. Staab | Wind Ridge International | 09/30/08 |
| Man and Machine - Test Automation | Jonathan Kohl | 06/24/08 | |
| Six Short Talks About Software Testing | Michael Bolton | developSense | 05/27/08 |
| Comparing Cause-Effect Graphing Test Case Coverage to Manual Test Case Coverage | Gary Mogyorodi | 04/29/08 | |
| Enterprise Application Security - A Quality Perspective | Dalim Khandaker, Jimmy Xu | CGI | 03/25/08 |
| What Dr. Seuss taught me about software testing | Robert Sabourin | AmiBug.com Inc | 02/26/08 |
| VSTS Edition for Testers Presentation | Barry Gervin, Debra Forsyth | 01/29/08 | |
| What Haven’t You Noticed Lately: Achieving Awareness in a Complex World | Mark Federman | 11/27/07 | |
| Interactive Video Conference with David Platt, author of Why Software Sucks | David Platt | 10/30/07 | |
| Requirements Based Testing: Testing What Matters | Dave Barstow | Director, Consulting Services | 09/25/07 |
| Everything You Need to Know About the QA Career World Today | Darla Somerville | Direct IT Recruiting Inc. | 06/26/07 |
| Say Yes – or say No? What to Do When Faced With the Impossible | Johanna Rothman | 05/29/07 | |
| Traps in Test Estimation | Shrinivas Kulkarni | Principal Consultant - Testing, iGATE Global Solutions(Bangalore, India) | 04/24/07 |
| Transforming Organizations with Project Management Excellence- The Ontario Public Service (OPS) Experience | Susan Ksiezopolski | PMP, Ministry of Government Services (Ontario) | 04/24/07 |
| What’s in Your Toolbox? A Look at Testing Skills | Paul Carvalho | Covarity | 03/27/07 |
| Ask TASSQ: A Problem-Solving Workshop on Test Automation | Richard Bornet | 02/27/07 | |
| What Not ToTest | Robert Sabourin | Consultant | 01/30/07 |
| Usability Testing - The Tester's Role | Jim Hobart | Classic System Solutions, Inc. | 11/28/06 |
| Software Testing as a Social Science | Cem Kaner | Florida Institute of Technology | 10/17/06 |
| The Metrics Minefield | Michael Bolton | developSense | 09/26/06 |
| Software Requirements Reconsidered: Beyond Methodology | Ian Hepell | ProRisk Group | 06/27/06 |
| Five Trends Affecting Testing | Rex Black | Rex Black Consulting | 05/30/06 |
| Strategies for a Successful Systems Integration Test | Fiona Charles | 04/25/06 | |
| Hiring the Next Generation of Skilled Software Testers | Adam White | PlateSpin | 03/28/06 |
| Flirting with Disaster: True stories of software projects gone awry | Shane Schick | ITBusiness.ca | 02/28/06 |
| The Role of Testers (if any) in Agile Software Development | Scott Ambler | Ambysoft Inc. | 01/31/06 |
| Special Presentation: Skilled Testers and Their Enemies | James Bach | Satisfice, Inc. | 11/29/05 |
| The Tyranny of the Fifth Constraint – Is thinking on autopilot constraining your success? | Bill Richardson | Process Design Consultants | 10/25/05 |
| Ask TASSQ: A Problem-Solving Workshop on Project Management and Teams | 09/27/05 | ||
| How Can QA Help Deliver Complex Projects On-time and On-budget | Alex Rodov | QA Consultants Ltd. | 06/28/05 |
| Treat Your Test Tools With Respect: The case and considerations for building a robust test tools infrastructure | Joe Ozorio | CGI Group Inc. | 05/31/05 |
| Process Improvement Experiences: CMM Level 3 Best Practices | Gordana Kis | BMO Financial Group | 04/26/05 |
| Utilizing SWOT Techniques to Effectively Influence and Mature Your Test Processes: Build and reinforce your company's Value Proposition | Charlene Sebastian and Marsha Quigley | Bell Canada | 03/29/05 |
| Ask TASSQ: A Problem-Solving Workshop on Testing and Management | 02/22/05 | ||
| Consensus and Conflict on the User-Side — Building Critical Awareness of Work and Workers in the Design Community: The Case of Ontario Welfare Reform | Peter H. Sawchuk | University of Toronto | 01/25/05 |
| Requirements Testing for Web-based Applications – Writing Requirements in an Iterative Development Environment | Steven Barry | Data Kinetics Ltd. | 11/30/04 |
| The Truth about Testers and Programmers | J. B. Rainsberger | Diaspar Software Services | 10/26/04 |
| Ask TASSQ: A Problem-Solving Workshop on Testing and Management | 09/28/04 | ||
| Just Enough Precision | David Gelperin | ClearSpecs Enterprise | 06/29/04 |
| Test Maturity – An Incremental Approach to Improvement | Barbara Lake | The Lake Group Inc | 05/25/04 |
| Beating the 'Defect Trap' | Van Solomonian | The I.M.O. | 04/20/04 |
| Don’t Test | Neil Price-Jones | NVP Software Testing Inc. | 03/30/04 |
| The ROI From Software Quality | Dr. Khaled El Emam | 02/24/04 | |
| Beating the 'Defect Trap' [rescheduled due to weather] |
Van Solomonian | The I.M.O. | 01/27/04 |
| Business Continuity and Disaster Recovery – Have We Learned Anything? | Joe Ozorio, CBCP | CGI Group Inc. | 11/25/03 |
| Breaking Software for Fun and Profit | Michael Bolton | DevelopSense | 10/28/03 |
| Managing the Test Effort Using Requirements-Based Testing Metrics | Gary Mogyorodi | Software Testing Services | 09/30/03 |
| Test Automation Approaches to Real Life | Golam Mustofa and Yury Makedonov | 06/24/03 | |
| Implementing a Bug Tracking Solution | Rob MacFadyen | 05/27/03 | |
| Samantha Cirinna | CertaPay Inc. | 04/29/03 | |
| Richard Bornet | Enterprise Software Testing Systems | 03/25/03 | |
| Chas Birkett | International Financial Data Services | 02/25/03 | |
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Lessons Learned: Establishing a Software Process Improvement Program Using CMM |
Barbara Lake | The Lake Group Inc. | 01/28/03 |
| Steven Barry | Data Kinetics Ltd. | 11/26/02 | |
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Disaster Recovery and Business Continuity Planning - What Is It About Really? |
Joe Ozorio | CGI Group Inc | 10/29/02 |
| Joerg Niggemann | ThoughtBlade Inc. and Excelign | 09/24/02 | |
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Using Testing Software: How to keep your expensive testware from becoming dust collectors |
Neil Price-Jones | NVP Software Testing Inc. | 06/25/02 |
| Steve Knapp | MKS Inc. | 05/28/02 | |
| Kaniska Rakhit | Citibank Canada | 04/30/02 | |
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Integrating Quality Management |
Margery J. Cruise | SPMgroup Ltd. | 03/26/02 |
| Peter Watson | Sun Life Financial | 02/26/02 | |
| Performance Testing Fundamentals | Bryan Cole | Compuware Corporation | 01/29/02 |
| Web Metrics: Measuring the Mountain with a Yardstick | Steven Barry | Data Kinetics Ltd. | 11/27/01 |
| Automated Testing: Building a Testing Team and Testing Model | Joe Larizza | International Financial Data Services | 10/30/01 |
| CMM: A Foundation For Successful Projects | Carolyn F. Swadron | CIBC | 10/02/01 |
| Test Management in a Web Year | Kathy Nakeff | Bell Canada | 06/26/01 |
| The Challenges of Testing E-Commerce Applications | Jackie Burrus | QAI Canada | 05/29/01 |
| How to Successfully Implement Automated Testing | Richard Bornet | IMR Global | 04/24/01 |
| Outsourcing – Opportunity or Threat | Brian McConnell and Rob Spence | Ajilon Software Quality Partners | 03/27/01 |
| Ensuring Quality for Web Projects | Jennifer Adams | NAME Inc. | 02/27/01 |
| Testing with Organizations Outside Your Corporate Boundaries | Chris Nyberg | Bank of Montreal | 01/30/01 |
| How to Perform a Risk Assessment | Bryan Schultz | QAI Canada | 11/28/00 |
| Defect Tracking – An Essential Software Quality Tool | Terry MacPherson | Wallbrant Associates | 10/31/00 |
| Watch My Back! | Norman Humphreys | Systems Xcellence | 09/26/00 |
| Initiating Software Process Improvement | Carolyn Swadron | CIBC | 06/27/00 |
| Risk Management for E-Commerce Applications – What's New? | Angela Mazzona | KPMG | 05/30/00 |
| Piloting a Peer Review Process | Lynne Primrose | EDS Canada | 04/25/00 |
| Do Most of Your Testing Before You Start to Code | Michael Wearing | Bramfield Technology | 03/28/00 |
| A Comparison of Quality and Process Improvement Models | Michael Raftus | GRafP Technologies | 02/29/00 |
| Testing and the Capability Maturity Model (CMM) | Martin Hughes | CIBC | 01/25/00 |
| Implementing a Project Office: The Merrill Lynch Canada Experience | Linda Vella | Merrill Lynch Canada | 11/30/99 |
| Trials and Tribulations of Automating the Testing Process | Michael Bayer | Client/Server Management | 10/26/99 |
| Managing Creeping Project Scope | Tiiu Martin | Martek Inc. | 09/28/99 |
| How to Deal with Vendors | Don Magie | Compuware Corporation | 06/29/99 |
| Creating a Quality Culture | Arnold Wytenburg | Wytenburg Management Inc. | 05/25/99 |
| Requirements Based Testing | Gary Mogyorodi | Bender & Associates | 03/30/99 |
| Application Service Levels: Planning, Validating and Monitoring | Don Magie | Compuware Corporation | 02/23/99 |
| Implementing a Global Quality Program | Sara Smyth | GE Capital IT Solutions | 01/26/99 |
| Project Management: Getting a Project Started the Right Way | Jerrold M. (Jerry) Howard | SHL Systemhouse | 11/24/98 |
| Restoring Confidence in Information Technology | Steve Devinney | Quality Assurance Institute | 10/20/98 |
| Year 2000 Risk Management/Contingency Planning | Robert L. (Bob) Bradley | IBM Global Services | 09/29/98 |
| Requirements Based Testing | Jim Fitzsimmons | Visual Systems | 06/23/98 |
| Tools for the Quality Framework | Don Magie | Compuware | 05/25/98 |
| Sean Chiarito | Cyrano | ||
| Bill Miller | McCabe | ||
| Charlie Mitchell | McCabe | ||
| Michelle Guile | MKS | ||
| Project Management and Quality | Michael Flint | GE Capital | 04/28/98 |
| Metrics and the Quantification of Software Quality | Michael Smith | McCabe and Associates | 03/31/98 |
| ISO 9001: Lessons Learned in the Software Arena | Dexter Zenar | ISG Technologies Inc. | 02/24/98 |
| The Many Sides of Testing | Richard Strang | Independent consultant | 01/27/98 |
| Year 2000: A Testing Approach - Leveraging Your Existing Testing Process | Zale Tabakman | Sector7 CANADA Inc. | 11/25/97 |
| CMM Level 2 and Beyond, Citibank Canada's Experience | Alicia Klurfan | Citibank Canada | 10/28/97 |
| Impementing a Successful Automated Test System | Eric Rocks | Financial Models | 09/30/97 |
| The Microsoft Solutions Framework | Doug Laundry | Microsoft Canada | 06/24/97 |
| The Politics of Quality | Dexter Zenar | ISG Technologies | 05/27/97 |
| Testing 2000 - a Progress Report | Don Magie | Compuware | 04/29/97 |
| Software is Too Important to be Left to the Programmers | Leif Svalgaard | TOSC International | 03/25/97 |
| Testing Legacy Software | Ian Cameron | Sector7 Canada Inc. | 02/25/97 |
| Data Bloody Data | Ian Burrows | IBM Toronto Lab | 01/28/97 |
| Object And Component Testing | Dan Corcoran | London Life Insurance Company | 11/26/96 |
| The 13-Step Approach to Process Improvement | Peter Mokriy | Molson Breweries | 10/29/96 |
| Organize or Agonize | R. Andrew Sherwood | Priority Management | 09/24/96 |
| Managing the Test Process and its Products | Richard Reeves | Change Control Ltd. | 06/25/96 |
| An Evening of Test Tool Vendors | Dean Macri | Data Kinetics | 05/28/96 |
| Vincent Ramouta | Mercury Interactive | ||
| Mike Wilson | SQA Inc. | ||
| Metrics and the Quantification of Software Quality | Michael Smith | McCabe and Associates | 04/26/96 |
| Building and Motivating Effective Teams | Brad Antle | IBM Canada | 03/27/96 |
| What Makes Testing Difficult | Jim de Boer | PRIOR Data Sciences | 01/30/96 |
| How to Reuse Your Testing | Henry Kerkhoven | CP Rail System | 11/28/95 |
| QAI's New Tactical Approach to Manage by Process | Steve Devinney | Quality Assurance Institute | 10/17/95 |
| Adapting the SEI Capability Maturity Model to a Small Development Shop, a Process Description | Anthony Robinson | Harris Media Systems Limited | 09/26/95 |
| Presentation of a Quality Management System | Imre Savari | DRT Systems International | 06/27/95 |
| Risk Management for Project Managers | Iain Dewar | Consultant and PMI instructor | 05/30/95 |
| The Impending Software Quality War | Chuck House | Veritas Inc. | 04/25/95 |
| TickIT and the Relationship to ISO 9000 | Michael Giguere, Gitte Jorgensen |
SGS International Certification Services | 03/28/95 |
| Effective Customer Satisfaction Measurement | Paula Mateus | Hepworth & Company | 02/28/95 |
| A Process to Develop Quality Driven Processes | Peter Mokriy | Molson Breweries | 01/31/95 |
| How to Build Effective Test Plans | Henry Kerkhoven | CP Rail Systems | 11/29/94 |
| Implementing and Maintaining Support for TQM | Christine A. Boynton | Bell Sygma | 10/25/94 |
| How to Sell the QA Role to Senior Management | Quality Circle Group Discussion | N/A | 09/27/94 |
| Business Process Re-Engineering | Ingo Heel | Micrografx | 08/30/94 |
| Using Quantitative Data to Manage - Concepts and Best Practices | Beth Layman | Quality Assurance Institute | 06/14/94 |
| Quality Systems Audit - ISO 9000 Perspective | Michael Giguere | SGS International Certification Services Canada | 05/31/94 |
| Testing Tools | Panel Discussion | N/A | 04/26/94 |
| Project Management | Dhanu M. Kothari | Digital Equipment of Canada | 03/29/94 |
| ISO 9000 | Dexter Zenar | Prior Data Sciences | 02/25/94 |
| Perspectives on Outsourcing | Mike Brodie | Ernst & Young | 01/22/94 |
| Independent User Acceptance Testing | G. Russell McLean | Bank of Nova Scotia | 11/30/93 |
| State of Software Quality Assurance Practices in Toronto | Panel Discussion | N/A | 10/26/93 |
| Customer Driven Testing | Henry Kerkhoven | CP Rail System | 07/27/93 |
| Benchmarking Quality Using the Canada Awards for Business Excellence Criteria | C. Dennis Beecroft | University of Waterloo | 05/18/93 |
| Starting/Implementing a QA Program | Chris Prendergast | Delrina Technology | 05/04/93 |
| Delivering Quality Systems | Michael G. Addario | Structured Solutions Inc. | 03/30/93 |
| Information Quality Metrics and Their Use | Nancy Spencer | ABT | 02/22/93 |
| Becoming a CQA, Route to Credibility as an IT QA Expert. | Ron Laurie | LCBO | 02/22/93 |